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Apple ups Q1 shipment estimates, Hackulous “reverse BitTorrent”, Verizon iPhone Skype docs leak

DigiTimes reports according to sources in Taiwan, Apple is upping the shipment estimates for Q1 2011 for the iPhone. The rumor includes 5-6 million CDMA iPhones to ship that quarter. Hackulous is a hacker store that offers pirated apps for Jailbroken iPhone users. The developers of the community have announced a new way to upload [...]

Samsung Continuum Adds Second Display to Android Smartphone

Continuum’s second display acts as "ticker" to show time, weather, and headlines in a move to save battery life for phones running on the Verizon network. – The Samsung Continuum Android smartphone on the Verizon network takes a
radical approach to extending battery life by adding a second, very small
1.8-by-5-inch front-facing screen. The second screen can display the time and a
scrolling ticker with news, sports and social media feeds without light…


Motorola Droid 2 Smartphone Teardown Impresses, Says iFixit

iFixit tore down the Motorola Droid 2 and reports that Motorola left intact all that was great about the original Droid and updated just what needed fixing. Droid 2 includes faster speeds and longer battery life. – The Motorola Droid 2 went on sale on the Verizon network Aug. 12 going head-to-head with the launch of the BlackBerry Torch on AT amp;T. The folks at iFixit
immediately got their hands on the successor to Motorolas popular and
accolade-winning Droid and performed a teardown to compare the two.


Why Lack of a Verizon iPhone Is Hurting Apple

Apple’s iPhone is a enjoying a comfortable lead over Google’s Android platform in the smartphone OS war, according to these statistics from Nielsen. But comScore stats served up in this Wall Street Journal piece (paywall) tell another tale. Just as AT&T’s fortunes have been buoyed by selling 50 million-plus iPhones, Verizon Wireless is raking in the dough from sales of Android devices. And that is why the iPhone needed to get on the Verizon network yesterday. – …


Skype Will be Available in Verizon

According to Verizon Wireless and Skype, the companies are going to join their forces in order to install Skype to nine BlackBerry and Android phones on the Verizon network. Such news was announced at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona. A mobile version of Skype will appear in the market next week. Due to [...]

10 gifts for iPhone owners, 60k iPhones sold first day in Korea, 4G iPhone being tested

If you are still working on your Christmas shopping and need some gift ideas for the iPhone owner, Silicon Alley Insider has the top ten iPhone gifts for you to check out. The list includes headphones, cases, and more.

Apple sold 60,000 iPhones in South Korea the first day the handset was available. That is a [...]